Garment support



April 25, 1950 R, M BRUNSON 2,505,383

GARMENT SUPPORT v F-led Sept. 30, 1947 @www wg@ l to Invisbelt Corporationy-a co'rperation,"ofialisV forna Application September 30, 1947, Serial No. 777,076

1 Claim. (Cl. 2-302) This invention relates to garment supports of the class designed to be worn inside the waist band of the garment, for the purpose of holding the garment in proper position. The invention relates particularly to a garment support or belt intended for holding trousers at a higher ele-- vation than trousers are held by normal belts.

When a belt is employed as a garment support, for example, to support trousers, it frequently happens that the garment is not held as high on the wearer as desired. For this purpose, there has been designed garment supports or belts, which are provided with stays extending upwardly from the belt, to which the garment is to be attached, so as to hold the garment at a higher elevation.

It is the general object of the present invention to provide an improved garment support or belt of this type, and more particularly it is an object of the present invention to improve upon the stays utilized in such garment supports.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a stay for such a garment support which can be produced in single piece, and requires no fastening device for attaching same to a belt.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a stay which is adjustable along the belt in a simple manner.

Further objects of the present invention will be apparent from the following description of the preferred example of the invention, the de-v scription being given in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the waist band of a pair of trousers having the garment support of the present invention arranged in place.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of one of the stays utilized in such a garment support.

Figure 3 is a similar view showing the manner of attaching the stay to a belt, the belt being broken away.

Figure 4 is a detail of the belt fastening means.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary section on the line 5--5 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary section on the line 6-6 of Figure 3.

Referring to thefdrawingsthe garment support of the present invention comprises a belt 2, which may be of any suitable material such as, for example, leathe'rf,andy the two ends of the belt may be provided with any suitable means for adjustably fastening the same together, In this particular example of the invention shown, the belt is indicated as provided with a series of fesimilar series of male snap button members l onj the other end, by which the length of the belt at their upper ends are provided with notches 6,`r

which are curved to bring the upper portion of the notch, as indicated at l, relatively close together, while the lower portion of the notch is enlarged, as indicated at 8. These notches are thus designed to receive a button, and because of the shape of the notches, offer a frictional resistance to the removal of a button from the notches.

At their lower ends the stays are provided with two vertically extending and spaced apart slots 9, of a thickness to allow the belt 2 to be woven through the notches 9, as indicated more particularly in Figure 3. The notches 9 are sufficiently small in width so that when the belt is woven through the notches as indicated, a frictional resistance is offered to the sliding of the stays longitudinally of the belt while allowing for an adjustment of the position of the stays on the belt in this manner. As indicated, indentations Ill are provided extending vertically in alignment with the slots 9, facilitating the flexing of the stays in order to accommodate themmale snap button members 3 on one end, and a 55 selves to the wearer.

The garment support of the present invention does not have to be physically attached to the garment with which it is to be worn, but may,

if desired, be used as a separate element. 'As' indicated in Figure l, in supporting a garment, the belt is first fastened in position around the wearer, after which the garment to be worn, such as the trousers Il, is placed over the belt with the usual buttons I2 of the garment then engaged with the notches B. Since the stays 5 are adjustable on the belt, they may be brought into position for engagement with the buttons I2 wherever such buttons l2 are attached to the garment.

The stays 5 are of suitable length, such as two or three inches, so that the garment support of the present invention has the effect of moving the apparent waist line of the garment upfwardly on the wearer, and preventing the garment from sagging towards the hips of the wearer. This results in giving to the garment a better shape and outward appearance.

This invention is of the scope set forth in the appended claim.

I claim:

In a. garment support, including a belt and a pluralityjof stay members, each of said stay members being formed of a singlepiece of plastic and being generally of rectangular form with a longer dimension vertically, the stay members having their upper ends notched forreceiving garment attached buttons, the stay menbers each having a pair of vertically extending-indentations extending kfrom end to end, and a belt receiving The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 822,076 Rhodes May 29, 1906 1,225,843 Mnnich et al May 15, 191'7 2,310,040 Schneider Feb. 2, 1943 

